Extra! Baidu artificial intelligence top beam column Wu Enda resignation (with open letter)

Today's afternoon news, just after 12 o'clock, Baidu chief scientist Wu Enda, who is known as "Google's brain", has published an open letter on the English self-media platform Medium and Weibo, Twitter and other personal social platforms. He announced that he will Baidu resigned and opened up a new chapter in the field of artificial intelligence. Wu Enda is one of the most authoritative scholars in the field of artificial intelligence and machine learning. He joined Baidu in May 2014 as the chief scientist of Baidu and is responsible for the leadership of Baidu Research, especially the Baidu Brain program. Under his leadership, Baidu has made great progress in the field of artificial intelligence.

Wu Enda Weibo screenshot

In the open letter, Wu Enda introduced that he joined Baidu in 2014 and is responsible for artificial intelligence work. Up to now, Baidu's artificial intelligence team has grown to nearly 1,300 people, including 300 Baidu Research Institute members. At present, Baidu's many artificial intelligence products can support its existing businesses such as search, advertising, maps, takeaway, voice search, security, consumer finance, etc., enhance products and drive revenue.

During his tenure at Baidu, Wu Enda and his team also developed the unmanned and DuerOS voice interactive computing platform. And he said that Baidu is still incubating some very promising technologies, such as face recognition (when registered users approach the gates that apply face recognition technology, the gates will automatically open), Merlot (artificial intelligence in the medical field) Dialogue interaction robot) and so on.

But unfortunately, these projects will no longer be led by Wu Enda.

In the open letter, Wu Enda gave a high evaluation to Li Yanhong. He said that he was also honored to have learned from the two artificial intelligence powers, the artificial intelligence circles of China and the United States.

“The United States is good at creating new technologies and ideas, and China is good at using artificial intelligence technology to develop good products. I am very happy that I have the opportunity to make efforts and contributions to the development of artificial intelligence in China and the United States.” Wu Enda wrote.

As for the whereabouts after leaving the company, Wu Enda did not disclose it, but said that he will continue to work on artificial intelligence. Baidu confirmed this news and did not disclose Wu Enda's latest developments.


The following is the full text of its open letter on social media.

Open my new chapter in the field of artificial intelligence

Dear friends,

I am about to quit my job at Baidu and bid farewell to the artificial intelligence team I have been leading. Baidu's artificial intelligence is strong, and there are very talented people in the team. Therefore, I firmly believe that Baidu's artificial intelligence will continue to flourish. After leaving Baidu, I am also very happy to continue to work on artificial intelligence, to change society through artificial intelligence, and to make people's lives better.

Baidu's artificial intelligence

I joined Baidu in 2014 and are responsible for artificial intelligence work. Up to now, Baidu's artificial intelligence team has grown to nearly 1,300 people, including 300 Baidu Research Institute members. Hundreds of millions of users use our artificial intelligence software every day. We support our search, advertising, maps, takeaway, voice search, security, consumer finance and other existing businesses through a number of artificial intelligence product projects to enhance products and drive revenue.

We also use artificial intelligence to develop new businesses. In the past two years, my team has hatched a new business every year: one is driverless and the other is the DuerOS voice interactive computing platform. We are also incubating some very promising technologies, such as face recognition (when registered users approach the gates that apply face recognition technology, the gates will automatically open), Merlot (artificial intelligence dialogue interactive robots in the medical field) and many more. As the chief architect of Baidu's artificial intelligence strategy, I am proud to lead the company in the rapid development and rise of artificial intelligence.

Baidu is one of the few companies with world-class professionalism in all important areas of artificial intelligence, including voice, natural language processing, computer vision, machine learning, knowledge maps and many more. I am very honored to be able to lead Baidu's artificial intelligence team to work with Baidu's outstanding managers, extraordinary engineers, scientists, product managers and other excellent Baidu teams. Li Yanhong is the first CEO of a large company with a long-term vision and a clear view of the value of deep learning technology. He is also one of the world's best CEOs in the field of artificial intelligence. Chief Operating Officer Lu Qi is a senior corporate executive with extensive experience in the field of artificial intelligence. Under his leadership, Baidu's artificial intelligence will continue to bear fruit. Wang Haifeng, the new head of the AI ​​technology platform system, is an outstanding research scholar and technology leader. Under his strong leadership, Baidu's AI team will have a better future. Lin Yuanqing, the new president of Baidu Research Institute, is an outstanding technology and business leader who will enhance Baidu's artificial intelligence technology and create more business results. Under their strong leadership, under the efforts of top talents such as Adam Coates, Jing Hao, Li Ping, Xu Wei, Zhu Kaihua, Baidu's artificial intelligence will continue to develop, and I will be happy for it.

I am honored to learn from the two artificial intelligence powers, the artificial intelligence circles in China and the United States. The United States is good at creating new technologies and ideas, and China is good at using artificial intelligence technology to develop good products. I am very happy that I have the opportunity to make efforts and contributions to the rise of China and the United States for artificial intelligence.

Artificial intelligence is new energy

Just as power changed a lot of industries a hundred years ago, artificial intelligence is also changing the major industries such as medical care, transportation, entertainment, and manufacturing, enriching the lives of countless people. I am excited and looking forward to where AI will lead us.

As the founder of Google’s brain program and the head of Baidu’s artificial intelligence, I played a role in the transformation of these top technology companies into “artificial intelligence companies”. But the potential of artificial intelligence goes far beyond the impact on technology companies.

I will continue to work on artificial intelligence to lead this major social change. In addition to promoting the use of artificial intelligence by large companies, there are also many entrepreneurial and more in-depth opportunities for artificial intelligence research. I hope that each of us has a self-driving car, and everyone has a computer that can interact with voice conversations freely. Everyone has a medical robot that can diagnose our illness.

The industrial revolution freed humans from repetitive physical labor; now I hope that artificial intelligence can free humans from repetitive mental labor, such as busy traffic driving. This work is not something that can be done independently by any company. This is a common topic for artificial intelligence researchers and engineers around the world. My machine learning MOOC course at Coursera has helped many people enter the field of artificial intelligence. In addition to working on artificial intelligence itself, I will also explore new ways to help global AI enthusiasts, let us use artificial intelligence to empower the entire society and achieve more results.

We will use artificial intelligence to create a better future, and I have never been so optimistic about this. Let us work together to promote artificial intelligence and help everyone!

Andrew Ng (Wu Enda)


Thinking: How do you see why Wu Enda wants to leave Baidu?

On March 22nd, Baidu chief scientist Andrew Ng published an open letter on the English self-media platform Medium and personal social platforms such as Weibo and Twitter, announcing that he would leave Baidu and open a new chapter in the field of artificial intelligence. At this time, Lu Qigang joined Baidu for two months. The executives who originally reported to Li Yanhong were changed to report to Lu Qi, including Xiang Hailong, Zhang Yaqin, Zhu Guang, Wang Jin, Wu Enda and others.



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